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DISCLAIMER
This is a COMPLETELY UNOFFICIAL CONTEST. The 2008-09 Primos Cabin Chat Forum Members Deer Contest is a contest created and operated independently by Primos Cabin Chat forum members and is not officially sanctioned or managed by Primos Hunting Calls.
UPDATE: Primos has made the deer contest OFFICIAL this year. It will still be run by the forum moderators, but Primos has agreed to award prizes to the winning team and the member with the best deer.
This is a COMPLETELY UNOFFICIAL CONTEST. The 2008-09 Primos Cabin Chat Forum Members Deer Contest is a contest created and operated independently by Primos Cabin Chat forum members and is not officially sanctioned or managed by Primos Hunting Calls.
UPDATE: Primos has made the deer contest OFFICIAL this year. It will still be run by the forum moderators, but Primos has agreed to award prizes to the winning team and the member with the best deer.
It's time for the 4th Annual deer contest, before you sign-up make sure you read and understand all the rules, most everything is the same as last year.
DEADLINES
SIGN-UP DEADLINE - You have until August 8th to sign-up to participate in the contest
ENTRY DEADLINE - Contest will run from the opening of the first legal deer season until February 28th, 2009. At midnight on February 28th, 2009 the contest will be closed to further entries.
ELIGIBLE ENTRIES
Any deer taken in the 2008-09 deer season. That includes muley, whitetails, blacktails and coues deer. Both does and bucks are eligible for entry. Deer may be taken however legal way choosen (bow, shotgun, rifle, etc... motor vehicles not allowed ).
SCORING
5 points for a deer. Buck or Doe.
1 additional point will be added for every point on a rack of 1 inch or more.
Participant score will consist of 1 deer. If you are allowed to shoot more than 1 deer you may upgrade your score by submitting the new deer, this will cancel out your previous deer.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SIGNING-UP
- In the 08-09 CC Forum Deer Contest - SIGN-UP thread make a post including your screen name, your age and the state you will be primarily hunting.
HOW AND WHEN WILL TEAMS BE DRAWN
Shortly after August 8th Wes will randomly pick teams. If # of participants can be evenly divided at the deadline to make suitable teams it will be done, otherwise we will allow a short deadline extension that will end once the needed # of participants is filled or the new deadline is met - whichever comes first. There will be a thread made called 08-09 CC Forum Deer Contest - TEAMS & SCORES that will list the drawing outcome as well as have a running score throughout the contest.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR ENTERING A DEER
To submit an entry a participant must include in the 08-09 CC Forum Deer Contest - ENTRY thread...
Post your screen name,if applicable, the number of tines that are longer than 1 inch (main beam counts),and Photos will be required.
The photos are....
#1- a photo of himself/herself with the deer,and a piece of paper with the date on itNewspaper,or Tag with date is also okPhoto should show at least the entire front half of the deer or more - this is to avoid any possible accusations concerning people entering mounts. Also this pic has to be OF THE DEER with the head attached to the body,also pics of only the skull plate will not be accepted
CAPES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED
#2-If the first photo does not show all points then a we need a photo that shows the points that can not be seen.If 1 inch tine length is questionable please supply a photo with a measurement against the tine for verification.
#3- a photo of legal tag This is a MUST, no deer will be entered without a pic of the tag.
- FOR PARTICIPANTS IN STATES THAT DO NOT HAVE A TAGGING SYESTEM write the following information down on a piece of paper, your forum name, date deer was taken,sign your name - scan or take a pic of that info and supply it instead of the tag pic
** If you have issues with scanning or posting your photos we would be happy to help you out or post them for you, just send a moderator a PM.
There are always a few entries that get throw out because we are unable to verify the date it was killed, so here's a tip - pull a piece of paper off your printer RIGHT NOW, write your screen name and team on it in big letters, then take it and a pen to where you stow your hunting gear and put it in your vest/pack/boot/truck/pocket or wherever else you know for sure you'll have it with you when you get to the woods.
No score will be awarded without the proper pictures. The mods will do everything possible to help you figure out what pics to post and help you all we can in making your deer count. If you have a digital camera, take 5x more pictures than you think are necessary! It doesn't cost any more, and might make the difference in your team taking home the gold
TIE BREAKERS
In case of a tie, the teams participant scores will be arranged in descending order, the scores will be compared in that order with the highest particiapant score indicating the winning team. In the odd case of a tie past this the team names will be put in a hat and drawn, whoever is pulled is the winner.
We will recognize the highest scoring team.
We will also recognize the Youth (Age 18 and under) with the highest scoring deer.
We will recognize a Best of Contest Deer that will be voted on by Cabin Chat forum members after the February 28th deadline.
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ETC.
Please feel free to contact any moderator via PM if you have any questions.
DISPUTES
Each team has 7 days to dispute an entry.If you want to dispute an entry do it by pm to a moderator.Do not openly dispute an entry.Arguments of the sort will not be tolerated.
Let's have fun!!!